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Article by Sewell Hall on the social gospel and its implications for the church.

Article by Robert Price in the Christian Century on attempts to synthesise what, at first, seem to be two contradictory strains in Christianity; fundamentalism and social gospel.

Book review by David Jeremy in the English Historical Review.

Examines African-American figures in the social gospel movement.

Short item on the social gospel movement with profiles of leading figures Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch.

Essay on the movement from Spartacus Schoolnet.

Christian doctrine and practice is examined with respect to the common ownership of property.

Irving Hexham responds to John Redekopp in this Christian Week article.

Background article from the companion site to PBS' American Experience episode on the Scope's Monkey Trial.

In English, Spanish and French. News on current issues.

Hymn favoured by Christian socialists and the social gospel movement in Britain and North America.

Christian view on the concept of the Jewish concept of Jubilee which means the redistribution of wealth, the protection of the earth, and the celebration of community.

Background information on the social gospel movement in the twentieth century and prominent figures in it.

Clayborne Carson on the religious roots of King's social reformism.

Information about the Social Gospel tradition of Christian socialism.

Selections from Practical Christianity, An Epitome of Practical Christian Socialism by Adin Ballou, edited by Lynn Gordon Hughes.

For Canadians in China, missionary work went beyond spreading the word of the Bible. Resources from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Social Gospel is an attempt to apply Christianity to the collective ills of an industrializing society, and was a major force in Canadian religious, social and political life from the 1890s through the 1930s.

Short discussion of the conflict between social gospel and evangelical Christianity.

The attempt to move society toward the Kingdom of God by applying Jesus' message to social issues.

Article from the Glossary of Religion and Philosophy.

Extensive article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Extensive article from the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Downloadable books on the topic available by subscription.

An explanation of the theological position of the social gospel movement.

The excesses of the Victorian age gave foundation to a number of important political and religious trends that which converged to give rise to the Social Gospel.

Speeches by the British Labour MP on the topic of faith and politics.

Historical resources on the Christian education movement.

Based in Britain and active in the Labour Party, the CSM is in a tradition that stretches back to the early church. "We all share a belief in justice, peace and the wholeness of creation."

History of the Chautauqua Movement.

Point form notes on the history of liberal Protestantism.

Online book by Dr. Patrick L. Cooney  and Henry W. Powell examines the life of the liberal clergeyman and civil rights leader with an extensive look at liberal Christianity and its role in the social justice movements.

Lecture notes from a course on "Religious Life in the United States" examining the origins, theology and impact of the social gospel movement.

Discussion guide to the book by Richard S. Gilbert. PDF format.

Paper by economics professor Richard E. Hattwick on the social gospel minister and agricultural reformer who was the grandfather of Vice President Henry A. Wallace.

Political perspective on the social gospel movement in early twentieth century America.

Lecture on the social gospel from a course on "Religious Life in the United States" examines the movement in the southern United States and the course of social gospel in the twentieth century.

Historical essay on the Christian educational movement named after the resort in New York state.

Anglican timeline.

Ronald Rolheiser argues that the churches have been, and still are, at those places with the poor where nobody else wants to be.